This article showcases four student research projects focused on forms of internal and external coaching, and coaching supervision. The studies were selected from a pool of unpublished studies that were grouped according to their general interest and relevance to each other....

Solution-focused coaching and solution-focused therapy are strengths-based approaches which emphasize people’s resources and resilience and how these can be used in the pursuit of purposeful positive change....

The scholarly coaching literature has advanced considerably in the past decade. However a review of the existing knowledge base suggests that coaching practice and research remains relatively uninformed by relevant psychological theory....

Coaching has attracted much attention from health professionals interested in collaborative person-centred approaches to motivating behaviour change. Whilst initial research supports the efficacy of coaching in health contexts more theoretical and empirical work is needed....

Few studies have investigated the impact of life coaching on self-regulated behavior and well-being. A limitation of past studies has been their reliance on peer rather than professional coaches. The present randomized controlled study compared peer with professional life coaching over a 10-week period with 63 participants....